Audio: Passover to Shavuot via the Omer: The Long and Winding Road

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4/3/2013, 11:15 AM

A7 Radio's "Temple Talk" with Rabbi Chaim Richman and Yitzchak Reuven

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The month of Redemption and the lessons of Passover continue to take center stage on Temple Talk, as an emotionally-charged Yitzchak Reuven recounts his very special Passover experience with a lamb in the house that challenged him to rethink everything. His sensitive story is a beautiful and measured taste of the Torah's intentions in the bringing of offerings to the Holy Temple.It's that time of year again...sefirat ha-omer, the counting of the days and weeks leading up to the Giving of the Torah at Shavuout, days that present a unique spiritual opportunity. But before we delve into its mystery, let's get the calendar straight!

This week at the Temple Institute:

WEEKLY TORAH PORTION: SHMINI: We cannot make eternal the holiness of the moment by abandoning ourselves to it. We master and make eternal the holiness of the moment by infusing the minutiae of our everyday lives with holiness. This is the lesson we take away from the untimely deaths of Nadav and Avihu, the holy sons of Aharon.http://youtu.be/FiM458Pc2WE

COUNTING THE OMER: SOME CLASSICS FROM THE VAULT! We just can't say enough about the counting of the Omer, its source in the service of the Holy Temple, and its transformative effect on us today. Without further ado, here are three of our classic video treatments of Sefirat Ha'Omer - the Counting of the Omer:

HANGING IN THE BALANCE: The great illumination of 'instant' freedom that we experience on the Seder night so often seems to pass us by. Slaves yesterday, free men today, we simply haven't the vessels to be able to absorb the great chesed - loving kindness - and enlightenment that G-d had blessed us with. For this we have Sefirat HaOmer - the counting of the days of the Omer, that prepares us gradually for the great re-illumination of G-d's light - receiving Torah on Mount Sinai.http://universaltorah.com/programming/2009/04/13/hanging-in-the-balance.htm

SEFIRAT HA'OMER - COUNT FOR YOURSELVES! Forty-nine days that can change your world: The forty-nine days between Passover and Shavuot, (between leaving Egypt and receiving Torah at Sinai), are days laden with awesome spiritual potential. The opportunity for growth is ours for the taking. We must count our days and make our days count!The Temple Institute celebrates the 49 days.http://youtu.be/Mg_5NE7hg8w

OPENING OF THE TEMPLE INSTITUTE'S NEW HOLY TEMPLE VISITORS CENTER DRAWS MOSLEM WRATH: If Moslem fear and loathing for the opening of the Temple Institute's New Holy Temple Visitors Center is a good sign, then we consider the eye-witness report below, which appears on http://pls48.net/, a hateful, anti-Israel, anti-semitic Moslem website, to be a full-fledged endorsement of the important work of the Temple Institute. For a translation from the Arabic:http://is.gd/04APZV

Rabbi Chaim Richman is the international director of the Temple Institute in Jerusalem which is dedicated to rebuilding the Holy Temple (Beit HaMikdash). He is a member of the current effort to revive the Sanhedrin and the author of ten books including Mystery of the Red Heifer and A House of Prayer for All Nations. Yitzchak Reuven works at the Temple Institute in Jerusalem. He previously worked building Biblical harps and other musical instruments for use in the Holy Temple. He and Rabbi Chaim Richman have been friends since their Israeli army days. They host the Temple Talk podcast dealing with issues of the Temple Mount and the weekly Torah parsha every Tuesday from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Israel time (11 a.m. U.S. EST) on Israel National Radio.
Contact Rabbi Richman at: InfoTempleInstitute@gmail.com